As announced by our PM yesterday (3rd Sept. 2013), there's a rise in price of RM0.20 for RON 95 petrol effective 4th Sept 2013. And as expected, endless positive and negative reactions from the the public have finally inspired me to write.
Hundreds in thousands or perhaps millions of posts have been posted in FB and other social media networks. I haven't posted any posts on this issue, and until now i manage to hold my tongue. I do however enjoy reading comments, opinions, debates etc on the issue.
One of the comments that caught my attention was
"harga minyak naik tu satu hal, yang pasti harga barang2 pengguna yang lain pun naik gak"...... when i came to think about it, there's a truth behind this.. Back then, with RM 200 you managed to walk from a hypermarket with a full trolley......How do i know??? Having to do monthly groceries shopping has turned me into a wiser consumer
(i hope).... But now things have changed drastically and affected us; the middle as well low-income households. We often heard people asociate this with political, global, consumerism and economical point of views. In spite of this, things never changed for the good. Prices of basic consumer goods continue to hike and showing no signs of recovery at all. Not many changes have happened these last few years. But life goes on bitterly....
Without realising it, we've evolutionised all these years to spend more sensibly. We began to purchase only things that are really necessary. We avoided impulse purchases and seeked for better altelnatives like online shoppings. hypermarkets, wholesale outlets etc. Some may worked and some may not. But we've
changed..and that's the keyword... We deserved a pat on our backs for these efforts showing how we finally evolutionised to meet the challeges of the modern living........Change is a must!!!!!
